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Citizen soldiers : the Liverpool Territorials in the First World War /
Citizen Soldiers uses letters and official sources to investigate the experience of the British soldier in the First World War. It casts new light on the soldier's relationship with home, his attitudes towards war, command and discipline within the army and the importance of local identity to m...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2005.
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| Colección: | Studies in the social and cultural history of modern warfare ;
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Pre-war Liverpool and the Territorial Force
- pt. 1. Territorial characteristics and the morale of the soldier. 'Cuff and collar battalions': social change and its impact on the unit
- 'Common ties at home and strong county pride': the persistence and importance of county uniformity
- The links with home: communication between the home front and the fighting front during the Great War
- pt. 2. Command, discipline and the citizen soldier. Command and consent in the trenches
- Discipline, punishment and the Territorial ethos
- pt. 3. Attitudes and experience: the war and its aftermath. The experience of active service on the Western Front
- The aftermath of war.